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Ordering information To order copies of Relevance of African Traditional Institutions of Governance by the Economic Commission for Africa, please contact: Publications Economic Commission for Africa P.O. Box 3001 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel: +251 11 544-9900 Fax: +251 11 551-4416 E-mail: ecainfo@uneca.org Web: www.uneca.org © Economic Commission for Africa, 2007 Addis Ababa Ethiopia All rights reserved First printing August 2007 Material in this publication may be freely quoted or reprinted. Acknowledgement is requested, together with a copy of the publication. Edited, designed and printed by the ECA Publications and Conference Management Section (PCMS). Cover photograph: USAID
Table of Contents Preface v Introduction 1 1. Diversity and Transformation of African Traditional Institutions 3 1.1 Towards a new typology of African traditional institutions 5 1.2 Transformation of African traditional institutions 6 1.3 Traditional institutions in the post-colonial era 8 1.4 Gender relations in traditional institutions 8 2. The Debate over the Relevance of African Traditional Institutions 10 2.1 Reasons for the divergence of views 11 3. Theoretical Framework 15 3.1 Traditional authorities 15 3.2 Convergence of traditional African political values with modern democratic governance 18 4. Areas of Potential Contribution of Traditional Institutions 20 4.1 State-building 20 4.2 State reconstruction and accountability of leadership 21 4.3 Expansion of public service 22 4.4 Management of resource-based conflicts 22 5. Integrating Traditional Authorities into the Governance Structure 23 6. Future Direction of Research and Aims of the Project 24 6.1 New typology of traditional institutions 24 6.2 Resilience of traditional institutions 25 6.3 Gender relations in traditional institutions 25 6.4 Changes in land tenure and traditional institutions 25 6.5 Mechanisms of integrating traditional authority 26 Annexes Annex I 27 Annex II 30 Annex III 41 Bibliography 48 iii
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